2017-2018 Season
NEXT CONCERT
June 14, 2018
"Patriotic and Pops Community Concert" Thursday, June 14 07:00PM to 08:00PM at Jack E. Kirksey Recreation Center FREE ADMISSION |
NEXT SPECIAL EVENTJune 08, 2018
"Chip in for the Arts" Bob Bennett Golf Classic Golf Outing and Luncheon Friday, June 08 at Fox Creek Golf Course, Livonia |
Meet Our Music Director & Conductor
Volodymyr Shesiuk
Maestro Volodymyr Shesiuk is currently celebrating his 24th year as Music Director and Conductor of the Livonia Symphony Orchestra. He began playing violin at age seven and at 14 was accepted as a student at the Lviv Music College in the Ukraine. His professional career began in 1969 as concertmaster at the Lviv Academic Opera and Ballet Theater after completing studies in violin. Maestro graduated twice from the Lviv State Conservatory: first five years in violin performance, and another five years in operatic and symphony conducting.
Shesiuk was chosen for an internship program in 1983 as Conductor-in-Residence of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. There he conducted the operas The Barber of Seville, Madame Butterfly, Carmen and Eugene Onegin. Then in 1985, the Kyrgyzstan government appointed him Chief Conductor of the National Opera and Ballet Theater. He conducted over 100 performances and concerts per year with various orchestras and theaters throughout the Soviet Union.
Maestro Shesiuk received the Laureate of the Maldybaev Award of Kyrgyzstan for the premiere performances of the opera Sepil by S. Osmonov. Several of his performances were made into operatic films by Belorus and Kyrgyzstan television. Shesiuk was awarded special recognition by the Azerbaijan Government for a performance in Detroit’s Orchestra Hall with famous Azerbaijan singers. During his 20th Anniversary with the LSO, Maestro Shesiuk received a Recognition Award from the Ukrainian Minister of Culture.
Besides conducting more than 100 titles of opera, ballet and operatic scores, he also has included in his repertoire many works of Western and Eastern European music as well as compositions by American composers.
Volodymyr Shesiuk
Maestro Volodymyr Shesiuk is currently celebrating his 24th year as Music Director and Conductor of the Livonia Symphony Orchestra. He began playing violin at age seven and at 14 was accepted as a student at the Lviv Music College in the Ukraine. His professional career began in 1969 as concertmaster at the Lviv Academic Opera and Ballet Theater after completing studies in violin. Maestro graduated twice from the Lviv State Conservatory: first five years in violin performance, and another five years in operatic and symphony conducting.
Shesiuk was chosen for an internship program in 1983 as Conductor-in-Residence of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia. There he conducted the operas The Barber of Seville, Madame Butterfly, Carmen and Eugene Onegin. Then in 1985, the Kyrgyzstan government appointed him Chief Conductor of the National Opera and Ballet Theater. He conducted over 100 performances and concerts per year with various orchestras and theaters throughout the Soviet Union.
Maestro Shesiuk received the Laureate of the Maldybaev Award of Kyrgyzstan for the premiere performances of the opera Sepil by S. Osmonov. Several of his performances were made into operatic films by Belorus and Kyrgyzstan television. Shesiuk was awarded special recognition by the Azerbaijan Government for a performance in Detroit’s Orchestra Hall with famous Azerbaijan singers. During his 20th Anniversary with the LSO, Maestro Shesiuk received a Recognition Award from the Ukrainian Minister of Culture.
Besides conducting more than 100 titles of opera, ballet and operatic scores, he also has included in his repertoire many works of Western and Eastern European music as well as compositions by American composers.
Bob Bennett
Bob Bennett
The community and orchestra will miss you.
Donations in memory of Bob Bennett should be:
1. Mailed to: LSO 37637 5 Mile Rd PMB398, Livonia, MI 48154 (Indicate in memory of Bob Bennett)
2. PAYPAL: Click the Donate button and choose the amount of the donation.
The family will be notified of your donation to the LSO
The community and orchestra will miss you.
Donations in memory of Bob Bennett should be:
1. Mailed to: LSO 37637 5 Mile Rd PMB398, Livonia, MI 48154 (Indicate in memory of Bob Bennett)
2. PAYPAL: Click the Donate button and choose the amount of the donation.
The family will be notified of your donation to the LSO
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